The Time Paradox is a fast paced action book about a boy who is forced to go back in time to save his mother from a terminal fariy illness. His main enemy in the book is his younger self which causes an interesting conflict, although you do have to read the other 5 books first. ( )

This the sixth installment of the "Artemis Fowl" series and yet again the book was awe inspiring. These books have always used all these high tech, futuristic gadgetry have always made the book get my attention. ( )

Reviewed by Candace Cunard for TeensReadToo.com

As an ardent fan of Artemis Fowl from the first book onward, I was more than just a little excited to find out that THE TIME PARADOX was in the works. The previous book in the series, THE LOST COLONY, was one of my favorites, and it opened so many doors that I wanted desperately to see explored. After reading THE TIME PARADOX over the course of a single day, my reactions are mixed, but one thing's for sure: with Artemis Fowl in the mix, there's never a dull moment.

The storyline opens only a short while after the end of the previous book. Fourteen-year-old genius Artemis Fowl has been out of his home time for nearly three years as the result of the events of THE LOST COLONY, and the world has changed around him. But the presence of younger twin brothers at Fowl Manor is not nearly as surprising as the fact that Artemis has managed to retain some of the fairy magic that he stole while in the time tunnel, making himself part magical in turn. Early on in the story, the readers find out that Artemis has used this small magic to mesmerize his parents into forgetting all about his three-year disappearance, and is learning how to control it for specific purposes.

So when Artemis's mother develops symptoms of several deadly illnesses overnight, Artemis's first instinct is to use his fairy magic to save her. When that fails, draining all of the magic out of Artemis, his first call is to Holly Short, reinstated Captain in the Lower Elements Police. Holly arrives and diagnoses Artemis's mother with a rare disease known as spelltropy, usually passed between magic users by the use of power. The only cure is the brain fluid of a silky sifaka lemur--a species that became extinct nearly eight years ago, thanks to the work of a younger Artemis Fowl desperate for money to fuel the search for his then-missing father.

Artemis is convinced there's a simple solution to this problem: go back in time using the magic of demon warlock No. 1 and steal the lemur from his younger self before returning to his own time. Of course, with Artemis involved, nothing could ever really be that simple. Nonetheless, he and Holly both make the journey almost eight years back in time to outsmart the ten-year-old Artemis and a group of Extinctionists bent upon getting their hands on the lemur--not to mention a mysterious third player who may be manipulating everyone from behind the scenes.

The storytelling is vivid, the jokes are always funny, the puns are horrendous in the best of ways. The repartee between Artemis and Holly gets better in every book. But for whatever reason, I didn't enjoy this Fowl adventure as much as I did previous ones. It seemed somehow like there was less at stake. It was an interesting ploy, since the "villain" Artemis faces off against for the first half of the story is himself, but a lot of the major weight of the story felt psychological.

Of course, there were the requisite explosions and high-speed cross-country chases, but the focus of this book seemed to be more upon the minds of the characters involved, particularly Artemis and Holly, and their relationships to their own pasts. That's not to say the book wasn't good--it just had a different kind of depth from the others, one that I probably couldn't fully appreciate on a first reading. Some of the doors opened in THE LOST COLONY were closed rather suddenly, in my opinion, or led down passageways I hadn't thought they would explore, so that the main developments of this book were not what I thought they would be at all. But then, what would be the fun of a predictable book?

If Colfer is one thing consistently as a writer, it's unpredictable, and this book is no exception. ( )

This was an extremely great book. Artemis Fowl it back, and this time his mother has come down with a deadly case of spelltropy, which was Artemis own doing. Only this time, he's powerless, as the only cure resides in an extinct lemur's brain - and Artemis gave him to the extinctionists personally. Now Artemis has to travel back in time with the help of the demon warlock No1, but he's up against the most clever of his enemies yet - Artemis Fowl age 10 ( )

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Artemis Fowl is by far in the top ten favourites of series for me, and even more then that, books in general. Eoin Colfer has the innate ability to transfer words into entire worlds, characters, atmospheres, and even feelings. Which is something that very few authors manage to accomplish. Sure, they can make you care about a character, they can make you imagine a state you’ve never been in… but how many of them can make up an entire world and enable you to view it through words as if you’ve been there? The Time Paradox is exactly what the other Artemis Fowl books are, and doesn’t disappoint in the continuation of them either. It’s a fast-paced, fun, time-crunched adventure fit for young and old.

As the synopsis states, we pick up here after Artemis, Holly and No.1 manage to save the demon island of Hybras from dissolving in the Space/Time continuum. We meet up with Artemis in the Fowl Manor as he is playing with his new brothers Beckett and Myles (who I am already in love with, by the way), where Artemis has the shocking discovery that his mother has contracted an old very serious, very rare fairy sickness. And the only way to save her? To go back in time and rescue an extinct lemur species, which is only extinct because of Artemis himself. Which brings me to my favourite part of this book (minus the whole fast-paced, fun, adventure bit): Little Artemis vs. Big Artemis. When we meet Artemis in the first book, most readers probably would have agreed that he was an arrogant little boy who should have had a lot more time in a corner. We also know that from that book to the most recent, Artemis has grown up a lot, which is why it’s so interesting to see him going face to face with his younger self. We learn so much more about how sympathetic Artemis is now, when he sees the one-track desperate thoughts and actions of his younger self, and how much he disagrees with those actions and thoughts.

Also, somehow without being repetitive or ridiculous Colfer managed to separate the older/younger Artemis’ without confusing me. You spend most of the entire book with them both, but I was always aware of who was talking, and who was doing what. The only downside to having double the Artemis was having less Butler, which this book seems to greatly lack. Also I would have liked to see some more of Minerva, as she has been relatively the only love-interest for Artemis throughout the series, even though we do get a glimpse at a possible budding romance!

As always the slew of new characters that are introduced are interesting as the main characters themselves, you automatically know who you’re rooting for and who you want to throw into a well. We also meet up with a few past characters – Captain Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, Foaly, as well as one which I can’t tell you about. (Enter menacing laugh here.)

Again, this was a good, strong, continuation of the Artemis Fowl books. Actually, scratch that, replace with: Artemis Fowl legacy. I am so looking forward to the seventh book. And the eighth, ninth, tenth, and whatever Colfer can manage to throw out! ( )